Written Question · S2W-17328 · Session 2
Further to the answer to question S1W-4620 by Susan Deacon on 7 March 2000, what the average number of patients per general practitioner is…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-4620 by Susan Deacon on 7 March 2000, what the average number of patients per general practitioner is in (a) urban areas, (b) rural areas and (c) island communities.
The answer
Average Number of Patients per General Practitioner1 in Scotland by Type of Area: as at 1 October 2004
| Average Number of Patients per GP1 by:
| Headcount
| WTE2
Urban Areas3
| 1,449
| 1,556
Rural Areas3
| 1,094
| 1,190
Island Communities4
| 775
| 866
Source: General Medical Practitioner Database: ISD Scotland.
General Register Office for Scotland.
Notes:
1. Vacated posts for GP Performers (formally Principals) and the patients attached to these posts have been included in the calculations.
2. Whole-time equivalent.
3. Excluding “Island Communities”. Data for “Urban Areas” and “Rural Areas” are based upon urban/rural indicators, at postcode level, derived from the 2001 Census compiled by the General Register Office for Scotland.
4. Data for “Island Communities” are based upon “Island” indicators in both rural and urban areas at postcode level, derived from the 2001 Census compiled by the General Register Office for Scotland.
In order for a comparison to be made between 2004 and 1998 data, we are able to update information previously supplied in question S1W-4620 answered on 7 March 2000. This is due to more robust rural/urban information being available, using data derived from the General Register for Scotland 2001 Census. Using the more robust definitions the comparable figures for 1998 would have been:
Average Number of Patients Per General Practitioner in Scotland by Type of Area: as at 1 October 1998
| Average number of patients per GP1 by:
Headcount
| WTE2
Urban Areas3
| 1,510
| 1,590
Rural Areas3
| 1,139
| 1,198
Island Communities4
| 871
| 919
Source: General Medical Practitioner Database: ISD Scotland.
General Register Office for Scotland.
Notes:
1. Vacated posts for GP Principals and the patients attached to these posts have been included in the calculations.
2. Whole-time equivalent.
3. Excluding “Island Communities. Data for “Urban Areas” and “Rural Areas” are based upon urban/rural indicators, at postcode level, derived from the 2001 Census compiled by the General Register Office for Scotland.
4. Data for “Island Communities” are based upon “Island” indicators in both rural and urban areas at postcode level, derived from the 2001 Census compiled by the General Register Office for Scotland.
| Average Number of Patients per GP1 by:
| Headcount
| WTE2
Urban Areas3
| 1,449
| 1,556
Rural Areas3
| 1,094
| 1,190
Island Communities4
| 775
| 866
Source: General Medical Practitioner Database: ISD Scotland.
General Register Office for Scotland.
Notes:
1. Vacated posts for GP Performers (formally Principals) and the patients attached to these posts have been included in the calculations.
2. Whole-time equivalent.
3. Excluding “Island Communities”. Data for “Urban Areas” and “Rural Areas” are based upon urban/rural indicators, at postcode level, derived from the 2001 Census compiled by the General Register Office for Scotland.
4. Data for “Island Communities” are based upon “Island” indicators in both rural and urban areas at postcode level, derived from the 2001 Census compiled by the General Register Office for Scotland.
In order for a comparison to be made between 2004 and 1998 data, we are able to update information previously supplied in question S1W-4620 answered on 7 March 2000. This is due to more robust rural/urban information being available, using data derived from the General Register for Scotland 2001 Census. Using the more robust definitions the comparable figures for 1998 would have been:
Average Number of Patients Per General Practitioner in Scotland by Type of Area: as at 1 October 1998
| Average number of patients per GP1 by:
Headcount
| WTE2
Urban Areas3
| 1,510
| 1,590
Rural Areas3
| 1,139
| 1,198
Island Communities4
| 871
| 919
Source: General Medical Practitioner Database: ISD Scotland.
General Register Office for Scotland.
Notes:
1. Vacated posts for GP Principals and the patients attached to these posts have been included in the calculations.
2. Whole-time equivalent.
3. Excluding “Island Communities. Data for “Urban Areas” and “Rural Areas” are based upon urban/rural indicators, at postcode level, derived from the 2001 Census compiled by the General Register Office for Scotland.
4. Data for “Island Communities” are based upon “Island” indicators in both rural and urban areas at postcode level, derived from the 2001 Census compiled by the General Register Office for Scotland.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-17328 by reference.